Bonnie Nurse

Bonnie Nurse

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  1. Would you encourage someone who was considering nursing school?

    Bonnie Nurse replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Keep your teaching liscense current. It comes in handy later. One of the hardest positions to fill is a nursing instructor. Your nursing degree plus your teaching certification, especially secondary...

  2. Would you encourage someone who was considering nursing school?

    Bonnie Nurse replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    This is the problem with the profession. We are not respected as being professionals with a set of skills that are worth reimbursing. We wouldn't tell a lawyer to disregard money? Good pay attracts...

  3. Would you encourage someone who was considering nursing school?

    Bonnie Nurse replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    What

  4. Would you encourage someone who was considering nursing school?

    Bonnie Nurse replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Your are so right, especially in the critical care

  5. I have HAD IT!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Some battles are just battles. Remember you won the war by passing the thing, right? This is $50. Do you want to be right or uncertified? Play the game until you're out danger. Just pay the dime...

  6. My First Code

    Bonnie Nurse replied to ilovechadkrause's topic in General Nursing

    Get your ACLS book down and study all the basic lethal rhythms and how to treat. You WILL be the first one in the room at some point, so remember that the first thing you do is call the code and...

  7. How do I deal with my emotions?!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to namahshivaya's topic in General Nursing

    You are not perfect. You must let go of this. Do whatever it takes. See a therapist. This can undermine your confidence. You will become better able to forsee what can go wrong in any given...

  8. School Teachers

    Bonnie Nurse replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Of course there are state regulating boards for the licensing and continued practice of teachers. Teachers are PROFESSIONALS, in spite of what you might see on the news these days. Follow the chain of...

  9. Student nurse gave IV pot, patient died.

    Bonnie Nurse replied to cheshirecat's topic in United Kingdom

    IV potassium is not a no no as long as you have a central line, such as a RIJ or Sublclavian, or femoral. I used to give 20mEq bags all the time to post cardiac surgery

  10. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ennunciate is to speak clearly and distinctly. Annunciate refers to the making of a Saint. Pronounciation is to pronounce the word correctly. It's a usage

  11. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Usage error here. A person gets the "gist" of something, not the

  12. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Immigrants is spelled with an "i", not an e. Also, if you're talking about a person, you lie down today, you lay in bed yesterday, and you have lain there many times before. If you're talking about...

  13. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    When you continue to allow her to pronounce sat as stat, you are not doing your job as her teacher and colleague. Tell her in

  14. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Check spelling of "annunciation". It should start with an

  15. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Aren't there two ways to pronounce

  16. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    Bonnie Nurse replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    What can I say? Your private malpractice insurance and/or private lawyer. Getting into pockets and public knowledge that you are not to be messed with is

  17. I was slapped by a doctor!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to cluelessRN81's topic in General Nursing

    Not enough. Go for the full monty. This is NOT something to be ignored. WE ALL have to take responsibility for our

  18. I was slapped by a doctor!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to cluelessRN81's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the witness statement advice, but you need your lawyer to make it an official deposition. Your narrative will be important to YOUR lawyer, then he will get the one to be used in court....

  19. I was slapped by a doctor!

    Bonnie Nurse replied to cluelessRN81's topic in General Nursing

    1. You did nothing wrong. You notified the doctor of the volatile blood pressures of the patient. It is not your job to be a handmaiden and give him the chart. He did not make this patient the...

  20. Malpractice insurance = bad idea?

    Bonnie Nurse replied to Guitar_Heroine's topic in General Nursing

    You are soooooo right. I could tell that I stopped the oncoming train for me when I verified the appointment time with the hospital attorneys by saying that I would need to get back with them later...

  21. Malpractice insurance = bad idea?

    Bonnie Nurse replied to Guitar_Heroine's topic in General Nursing

    Betting that you will appear too poor and not worth the effort in a malpractice suit is not safe. I don't want to take a chance on whether or not an attorney and their plaintifs see me as a cash cow....

  22. Things you'd like to say to your co-workers, but never would ....

    Bonnie Nurse replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    YES! Those with manners in the bilingual world know that it is very rude to speak another language in front of those who do not understand for the purpose of having a private conversation. Now, if...

  23. If you had to to do all over again...

    Bonnie Nurse replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with one of the responders here who suggested that you have not yet found your niche. Hospice nursing sounds like something worth exploring. It may be that the ratio and the pace of the unit...

  24. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    Bonnie Nurse replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    One of the most useful tools is to decide on several plans of action for a particular situation in order to anticipate needs of the patient. For example, what would be your first course of action...

  25. Did you truly enjoy being a RN?

    Bonnie Nurse replied to Nacki's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I understand what you mean. I didn't go to CRNA school, but I had plans to do the ANP with a concentration in diabetes. I was so tired at the end of nursing school, and since then, I've been in two...